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A lavani performance by two male dancers celebrates the Pride month by highlighting the gender-fluid face of the art form
Anand Satam (left) with Akanksha Kadam
Ashimik Kamthe
The post-interval segment will feature a lavani song performed by male dancers Anand Satam and Ashimik Kamthe, who will dress up as women. The aim is to give the city's audience a taste of the gender-fluid, all-inclusive, evolved face of the dance form, which is not fully explored.
After the need-based tradition of men dressing up as women ceased to exist, it was some time in 1995 that trained classical dancer Anil Vasudevan conceptualised an all-male gender-bending tamaasha production, called Bin Baikancha Tamaasha (tamaasha without women), which received massive success.
Satam, who was part of Vasudevan's team for about five years and will present a duet performance with Kamthe, tells us, "Up until we enter the make-up room, we are regular men. But once the get-up changes, everything transforms. For three hours, we forget who we are. Our gestures, gait and mannerisms are all in sync with the women characters we portray and ought to do justice to."
ON January 25, 7 pm
AT Tata Theatre, NCPA, Nariman Point.
CALL 22824567
Entry Rs 200 onwards
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